Some days back in Lagos, i had a dream that, i would be robbed or our vehicle would encounter an accident while returning from Lagos to Onitsha by road, the following day. I was tensed up and bowed down in prayers to my Creator for help. After my prayers, i got an inner assurance that the accident would be averted. Then i prepared my journey down to Onitsha in a relaxed mood.
In the bus that took me down to Onitsha, i was guided to take the front sit, so i had close interaction with the driver that drove the bus, throughout our journey. This made him to be in relaxed mood while driving.
We had to stop several times on the road, to do one thing or the other against the wish of most passengers that were in a haste to return home.
Suddenly while approaching Delta State, a mischievous driver overtook our vehicle, and was insisting on remaining at the front while we followed him at the back slowly. This he did by being at the center of the road at all times. Our driver got annoyed and barked at his wrong actions, then after some while i came in, and calmed the driver down, advising him to be patient for we didn’t know what was in stock for us. He took my advise and that of a few other passengers and followed the mischievous driver slowly at the back; despite his offensive actions.
After some while, a passenger said she would like to alight and buy something on the Asaba Road. The driver who seemed to be a kind man, asked the passengers if he should stop the bus for her to buy what she wanted to buy. Some passengers being in a haste to go home, refused to let the bus stop. Few of us supported the woman in her bit to buy something. Because of the fact that the supports were mainly from the front sits, and also from me who had been discussing closely and politely with the driver, he took our stand and stopped the bus for the woman to purchase her item.
Shortly after the bus took off, we approached a place where there was robbery attack and accidents which followed it. An escort van conveying money was robbed by armed robbers. The armed robbers fired bullets into the air and the vehicles coming; in their bid to escape the bullets collided with one another, while some entered the bush.
Surely and Surely, the kindness, love and concern for one-another, expressed by some of us saved us from meeting the scene of the robbery attack, for we could have been robbed or our vehicle in the bid to escape bullets could have encountered accident.
“LOVE AND CONSIDERATION FOR ONE ANOTHER SURELY HELPS IN THE SYMBOLIC REDEMPTION OF SINS”